STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17959, 8 December 1921, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

AUCKLAND. N AfeX z S!tt B VcSL MMCMItfl * A^3 e IS B8le8 ;of dairy and store oattle during the past week at Westfield and M2L r \ w d rcp ? r f' 8ale8 « of . all oIaB8 « oi etock at late quotations. Spr neers, close h^ roflt j £n - io fl6 - otl >«<. &to So 16s. backward .springers £5 to £9 10a: aged cows and inferior heifers, £1 upwards; 3} to 4 WM steers. £3 6s to £4 Jo,. 21 to l year steers £2 10b to £3 2s 6d: 18 months to 2-year steers. £1 Ws to £2 7s 6d: yearifi.B.ft Be J ?, rs ;t loß , o ,ipwar^B: y« arlin « ieffers. ii 17. fii JiM mo ? tbs to 2 - year he ' fe " 6d; bulls, 10s 6d to £5 ss. j.t* ifie l d ( 8t , Biock raarkel °n Wednes«ZwT 8h beef . w i ß » enne d »» .smaller numbers than usual, there was no improvement Jn values. Extra choice oxen sold to fit per 1001b; choice and prime oxen, 18s to 21s per 1001b; rough and inferior oxen. L.i» to « 17, a pe , r « 100lbi y °} ,n « cow a "d heifer beef 16s to 19s per lOOIb; gthor cow beef, 10a upwards; steers sold at from, for heavy M: f ß !i % fi° 7a . 6d! medi, w Brime f * 6 «» W £8; light prime, unfinished, £l t is To V s s y( l un « 00WB "d heifers, £4 to £5 12s 6d; other cows. £i 10s upwards. Sheep were penned in large numbers, declining in value 2s to 3s per head. Heavy prime wethers, lis 6d to 16s; medium, 10s Pa to 13s. sd: lfght. unfinished. 8s to 10s 6dS5 a 7,, 0 p, nj e iPT! B -» 10 ? to 15, i medium. 7s 0d to 9s 9d; Ught. 5b to ,7» 6d; aged and inl«»w ewes, 2s to 4s 6d; hoggets, best, 9s to 12s 6d; others. Ss to 8s 9d. Calves were penned in average, numbers. Heavy and medium vealers sold at improved prices; v. o *." regained about the same; runners, Ul° , £ * sft,P M Jr\/ I( to ® 12b : medium. £2 6s to £2 19s: light £2 to £2 3s; smaller. £1 5s to £1.125: small and fresh dropped. 5a to 15s. Fig* again came forward in largo numbers., and again declined in price. Choppers, £1 10s to £2 4s; heavy baconers, £3 to £3 8s: medium, £2 to £2 16s': light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 to £2 12s; light porkerß,. £1 10a to £1 16s; store pigs were also easier in value: slips. 15s to £1; weaners, 6s to lQj. Lambs were yenned in large numbers, selling readily at late Quotations. Heavy prime lambs, 14s 3d to 17s: medium.. 12s Od to .14s; light. 10s to 12s 6d/ Alfred Bucltland and Sons. Ltd.. report:we held our weekly sale of dairy and stow cattle at Westfield on Thursday. There was a small entry, and prices unohanged. Best dairy cows £18 to £21, good cows £14 to £17, others £8 to £13, aged and inferior 10s to nbj best springing heifers £13 to £15. good heifers £10 to £12, others £3 to £8 10s, On Monday we sold Messrs. Woodward Bros.' herd of pedigree Shorthorn cattle and purebred Romney sheep, at the homestead. Springleigh, Mount Albert. There was a good attendance, but competition was quiet. The champion bull, Springfield Bed Duke, made 60gns; other bulls £8 8s to £21; pedigree cows £10 10s to 41fms; heifer calves £5 5s to £10 10s; grade.cows £18 18s to 22gns: grade heifers £10 10s to £15 15s; purebred Bomney ewes ljgns to 21 gns; rams £1 Is. Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market ou r beef pens contained 899 I head, comprising 323 steers. 74 cows and heifers, and 2 bulls. There was no improvement in the demand, and values unchanged. Extra ohoice ox sold to £l 4s, choice and prime £l to £l Bs, ordinary ana plain ox I6s to I9s; prime -young cow and heifer ! beef < IBs to £l Bs, ordinary and plain lis to I6s; rough beef 6s and 10s; heavy prune steers ranged in price from £9 to £10' (no extra heavy-weight cattle yarded); lighter prime £6 15s to £8 16», light find unfinished £3 16s to £6 10s; heavy prime young cows and heifers £5 6s to £7, lighter prime £4 to £6, other cows £1 10s to £3 15s The highest averages for steers were: 20 from Mr. T. A, Wallace, Mangere. £8 3s; 1 ex road, £7 18s lid; 20 from Mr. F. A. Price, Banainui, Papatoetoo. £7 12s 6d; 8 ex rail. £7 12s fid; 8 from Mr. Bin ah Evans, gelensville, £7 10s; 15 from Messrs. Lyons ros'Taupiri. property, £7 9s 2d: 28 from the Waikato, £7 8s 2d; 15 from Mr. E. ft. Phillipps, Te Heke ■ Farm. Helensville, £7 7s 6d; 26 from the coast, £7 5s 4d; 20 from Mr. W. T. Cox, Waitakaruru, £7 2s; 20 from Messrs Death Bros. £7: 23 ex toad, £6 19s 3d; 17 from Pigeon Mountain, Pakuranga, £6 15s 7d: 8 from Mr. P. A. Green, Ellorslie. £6 10b lid: 5 ex rail. £5 10s 6d; 7/from Mr, W. L, Orr, Papatoetpe, £5 18s 7d. Tb*re was an extra heavy yarding of sheep and included many lines of prime mutton. The demand was less keen, and all classes suffered wjth & decline in values. Extra heavy prime show wethers from Mr. F. B. Sodden. Hamilton, made £1; other show wethore and ewes, 14s 6d- to 17s; heavy prime wethers, 13s 9d to 15s 9d; medium to heavy prime wethers, 12s to 13s 6d; lighter prime wethers, 10s 6d to 12e; unfinished wetherß, 8s to 10s: heavy prime voung ewes. 10s to 12s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 8» to 9s 6d: lighter, tollable ewes. 6s 6d te 7s 6d-(27M penned). Spring lambs were also penned to extra large number*, and a though values were scarcely up to last week's rates, there was a steady demand throughout. Heavy show lambs from Messrs. f K. Sedddn and Noil Reid made 17s to £1; heavy prime. W» to 16s; lighter prime, 12? to 18s 9d; light p prime.lo. 8d to Us 9d; small lambs. 8s to 105—(897 sold) Fat and young calvos were penned In average numbers. There was a fair doman* lor choice light and medium fldm, at last week's rates, other olttMM still remain dull. Burners madVfrom £2 5s to £3 6s; heavy vealers.. £2 7s 6d » *» M. medium, £1 128 to '£2 2k i mht, £1 to £1 Us smaller, 10s to Ws: ftesi dropped, 5s to 10s-(181 calves Mld>) F»i PUTS were yarded in extra large numbers, competition exceedingly fall «*d TalttW wire Hie West experienced for years, fife £I is medium, to heavy baconers £2 Ws M to £8 10s: .light baconers £2 ,2s 8d to £2 12s 6dl neavy SfrjfSjf? Er fit- Hcht to medium. £1 to £1 lus, w'eaners W/WUI '' "* 2s 6d upwsrds-MB3 sold). APDINGTON. [Bt UXiORAPH.-PEfiSS ABBOCUTIOH.] CHRISTCHUBCE.. Wednesday. •At the Addington market there waa an avtrage yarding m all sections of etock, ex. centrng lambs, which were in over eupply, »udjfi itoep. of which there w M • emaller entry There wag a decided drop m lamb vS aid * elight steadyine v» in the price of mutton. Beef ehowed a further 8?ore Bheep. r Forwar.d wethers Isold eati* factorily. but hogsets in wool were in. little damand Two and 4-tooth shorn.iwes made Ww good forward shorn 4 .and 6-teoth shorn wethors 8s Id to 10s, inferior 4 snd «• toorti wethers 6s Id to 7s 9d; good woolly hoggets 13s, ordinary woolly wether hoggets to to 7e 6d > woolly eWfi ho ? sete ld> cu!l woolly wether hoggets 3s Bd, Fat Lambs.-2230 were penned, much in execae of butchers' rajjwlrsments. There was another drop, the prices being the poorest for * number of years. At tie opening values averaged 4d and 4ld per. lb. A few Mceptional made,» ehsde over and these figures eased towards the end of the gale. Extra prfime lambs 17b 6d to 20s, prime 13s 8d t0,16b 9d, medium.lis to 13s6d, light and inferior 8s 9d to lis 3d. Fat Sheep.—Slightly improved market. foi 1 food wethors. Secondary ewes were in bjtle emend. Extra iprime wethers 22s 7d, primo 17s 6d to 20s, medium 16e to 17s 3d, light and inferior 10s lOd to 14> 6d; prime ewes J6s to 17a, medium lis "to 14s Bd, light and inferior 7a id to Id Bd,

. Fat Cattle.—Big beef was dowii about 20a '' 'to/258;'pei;heML: Light prime .beef maintained recent values. Old cow beef was almost unsaleable. Extra prime eteers £16; prime £10 17s 6d to £13 12s 6d.'medium £8 to £10-12s 6d, light £5 10s to £7 17s 6d: prime heifers £7:169; to £9 155,.., ordinary £6 .6a to £7 12s 6d: prime cows' £5 10s to £8 16b; Ordinary £8 10s to £6 75.6 d.. : |~.:, Vealere.—Prices were on a par. with late rates; Runners £4 ;17s 6d; good rvealers £3 2e 6d, medium £2'los; good oalveß 15e to £1 25.6 d, email 5s to 12a 6d. . :~\ „ ■' . .Store, Cattle,—The demand.for big cattle was stock, but youne cattle sold well.. .Four ' and 6-year Bteers £4 16s to £8 16s, 2\ and; 8^ k year £4 5s to £5 Bs. 6d,. yearling and 18- . months 37s 6d: yearling heifers II Bs. to £2 i 9a: aged ordinary' o'owa £2 2s 6d; -good buhs £4 ss. '. ■ . ;•,/:..- •',:-,.■ ' Dairy Cattle.—The market was slack. i Second and third, calvers, £7 to £14r extra > good springing heifers , £19 ~ss,- .springing heifers £7 to £11; aged cows in milk, 15s to Fat Pigs.—The demand was a ehade Mster ' except for heavy baconers. Choppers £2 to ' £4 10s i light baconers £3 5s to £8 15s. heavy. £4 to £4 ss, average price per lb-6d to'6|d; light porkers £2 7s to £2 12s 6d, heavy £2 15s to £3 Bs, average price per lb. 8d to 9d. r Store Pigs—Medium etoreß £1 12s to £1 : 18s, small 18s to il 10s; good weaners 16a 6d • to 225. ; : ' ■